Even on the most solemn occasions I got away without wearing socks and hid that lack of civilization in high boots

Evil does not exist sir, or at least it does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is not like faith, or love that exist just as does light and heat. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that comes when there is no light.

You ask me if I keep a notebook to record my great ideas. I've only ever had one.

Since the mathematicians have invaded the theory of relativity I do not understand it myself any more.

There is no salvation for civilization, or even the human race, other than the creation of a world government.

Of what significance is one's existence, one is basically unaware. What does a fish know about the water in which he swims all his life? The bitter and the sweet come from outside. The hard from within, from one's own efforts. For the most part I do what my own nature drives me to do. It is embarrassing to earn such respect and love for it.

Nature conceals her secrets because she is sublime, not because she is a trickster.